Discussion Board Topic: To Be or Not To Be Delinquent? Main post
Reflecting on your youth, think about you and your peers. Which sociological factors impacted your decision to engage or not engage in delinquent behavior?
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1)Jorge Labeling Theory
The article i posted was about Slenderman. These two girls believed to please a fictional character they needed to murder another person. They chose to stab their classmate who survived. The Labeling Theory within these girls is not strong yet. Both of these girls pleaded mentally ill. As part of their plea deal, they will have to go to a mental institution for years. These girls didn’t know what they were doing was wrong. Currently, they aren’t labeling themselves as criminal or a psychotic person. When these girls are released, people who know what they did will label them as psychotic.The reason being, Slenderman was a fictional character and they wanted to please a fake monster.
In my article there were some boys that got caught stealing cars. They will be labeled as thieves and criminals in everyone’s perspective and in my opinion since they are from neighborhood such as park ridge they are held to a high standard so they will be judged harshly by others. The only reason I think that specifically is because there is not a lot of crime in that area and it it predominantly white so when they hear about such a crime then everyone around will know about it and will points fingers and start asking how and why didn’t the parents stop them before it got to that point.
I would think over period time it would stick around on them and people would whisper those are the kids that stole a car be careful around them if they are able to steal a car who is to say they can’t commit more crimes. It’s sad to say but other perception of you can affect yourself and your life. I got into trouble in high school once, besides the fact that I never missed any days and I played sports I got into a fight with a kid that was a part of some gang and the deans thought I was associated so after that all my teachers saw me as a bad kid which was horrible and it made me even feel embarrassed in a way.
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